Exchange rate politics in Latin America
By: Carol Wise, Riordan Roett, editors
Contributors: Wise, Carol, 1951-; Roett, Riordan, 1938-
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Foreign exchange rates -- Government policy -- Latin America -- Case studies; Foreign exchange rates -- Political aspects -- Latin America -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : debates, performance, and the politics of policy choice / Carol Wise; title: Exchange rate regimes and policies : an overview / W. Max Corden; title: The Mexican Peso crash : causes, consequences, and comeback / Timothy Kessler; title: Brazil's currency crisis : the shift from an exchange rate anchor to a flexible regime / Eliana Cardoso; title: Argentina's currency board : the ties that bind? / Carol Wise; title: Reform-lagging states and the question of devaluation : Venezuela's response to the exogenous shocks of 1997-98 / Javier Corrales; title: The politics of exchange rate management in the 1990s / Riordan Roett